It's been a rough few days.

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So much has happened lately and I haven't been able to get much done around here. The lack of work has been placing a huge damper on my mood and things are really stressing me out. I had to help my boss move yesterday and it was extremely tough on me. I was trying to find information while out as my boss didn't have internet access since they disconnected her early. I got a new cell phone on the weekend, I really needed it as mine was almost dead. The good thing about the new phone was that it was on sale and came with free data for 6 months. I liked that and need it too. Yesterday I almost regretted buying the phone as I really needed the money at the end of the day. Things got so bad. After worrying about not working because of that stupid idiot, he finally left and I could get back to work with my boss. After yesterday though, I guess I'm glad I wasn't working as things would have gone wrong sooner. So my day started yesterday morning very early when my boss told me that it was safe to come down to her place to help her move. We finished packing her place, but I had to run around a few times to get some things that she needed. It started to rain as we drove down to the new place, and we had to unload the truck in the rain, and it was pouring by then. Everything got really wet and so did we. At one point before we headed down to the new place, my van started to make some odd noises. I worried about that, but didn't think much of it. I had checked in the engine, but didn't see anything that seemed out of place. The van was buzzing, but I couldn't figure out where the noise was coming from. I heard it underneath the van, sounded like it was coming from the back, but I couldn't find it. I kept working and driving, still not thinking much about it. It was as I was having more trouble getting the engine to turn over, I realized that something was wrong. I still didn't know what was going on, and thought I would make it home ok though. So we finally wrapped up at 10:30pm last night and I headed home. I was timing the drive, I wanted to figure out how long it would take and what kind of mileage it was from her place to mine. Our roommate had called me to make sure I was fine since I hadn't gotten home yet. When he called I was just leaving to go home. I passed by a gas station and was continuing to drive up the street when suddenly the van started to lose power. I'd press on the gas, but got nothing, no response from the engine. I pulled over, thankfully being so late at night, there was no traffic, so I didn't have to worry about being in the way. When I had pulled over, I realized that the engine had stopped running. I hadn't heard it shut down because I had the radio, heat and my power adapter running. I was just lucky that I could pull over. I decided to call my other roommate and ask him to come down to help me. It was cold out and I had nothing with me but my wet sweatshirt that I was wearing and I was freezing. I kept trying to turn the engine over, but nothing worked. Even when my roommate got to me, he hooked up his battery charger. It didn't help. He even put his booster cables on at the same time, but still nothing. I started to make some calls, trying to get some help. No one could help me, and I felt that I was completely stuck. We kept trying to get the engine started, but still nothing. I was frustrated, cold and tired. So, I decided that I needed to get towed home as I couldn't just leave the van on the side of the road. I called home, needing to borrow money and my roommate went home to get my mother in law and take her to the bank to get money. I called a towing company and found that it was cheap, $85 to haul the van home. Thankfully everyone got back before the tow truck got there, the driver got there a few minutes later. The tow truck driver had me try to start the van, and told me that it sounded like the fuel pump was gone. I was not amused at all. I decided to call my boss even though she didn't have her phone hooked up yet. I'm glad I did because she called me today. She's looking into getting the van fixed, as she usually does. So anyways, that's what's happened, yesterday was the worst of what I've been through in a while, and I'm just glad I managed to get home safely, even though it was almost 2am by the time I did. I guess rough is putting it mildly.